A Recent Meal

Rotten Food

Not that food-related illness is any joking matter, but this bizarre and somewhat hilarious story appeared in today's Boston Globe...

Rotten office fridge cleanup sends 7 to hospital

I wonder how this "enterprising worker" felt after her decision to do something good landed seven people in the hospital and caused twenty-eight others to seek treatment for vomiting and nausea. As an allergy sufferer myself I can relate to her inability to smell the noxious mixture of old lunches and disinfectant.

I feel compelled to share this article because it relates, at least tangentially to a series of photographs I made last fall of the contents of the fridge at my family's summer house; an assortment of cold cuts, cheeses and moldy fruits of various kinds which I arranged on a table as a kind of "meal".

a few recent items

first.
for a few weeks now i have been starting a porch garden for the summer, documenting the process and the progress of the plants as they grow. i have two tomato plants, two chile peppers, cilantro, basil, purple basil, italian parsley, green onions and string beans. it is fun to watch as my neighbors and friends start putting together their gardens for the summer and using the space they have, whether a community garden, a porch, or a sunny window, to grow vegetables and herbs. here are a few of the initial images...









second.
a few studies taken in the area around the interchange of the mass turnpike and route 128 in newton...

Ned

in an attempt to make my life easier, i am experimenting with updating my blog through flickr rather than using ftp. this gent is ned, my dear friend michelle's cat, as seen on new years day 2008.

Check Out These Guns: The Zine

"Check Out These Guns", a self-published zine by yours truly, is now available at PROUN Books in Chicago and at St. Marks Bookshop in New York. All sixteen pages of this fantastic and sexy publication can be yours by stopping into one of the fine aforementioned establishments, or by getting in touch with me via email (nathaniel.j.fink [ a ] gmail . com) for your very own copy.

Only 200 copies of this amazing zine will ever exist! Get your copy before they're all gone and you horribly regret it!

LA unbranded

This is an experiment. What happens when you remove all branding from a branded public space? Especially one so branded as a shopping mall? This is sort of what happens, at least is photoshop fantasy land. Even the people have been stripped of their identities. Only the dogs keep their faces...

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Trunk Show Photos

Here is a selection of photos from the Art Trunk Show Boston photo shoot for your viewing pleasure. Thanks to all the guys who took off their shirts, and a very special thanks to Dave for showing up and modeling.

Art Trunk Show!

Next Saturday, February 28th, is the Art Trunk Show Boston hosted by JOSH magazine featuring an installation by Sean M. Johnson and a live photo shoot session with yours truly (and some prints for sale). Stay tuned for details on the location.

For more info check out the JOSH blog.

Product Placement - LA Pt. 2

LA is totally saturated with advertising. Unlike New York, there are no tall buildings or historic architecture to distract. Billboards are the tallest structures in most places, and the high rises, few and far between, are often covered in advertisements. Most of these photos contain some branded logo as a result of their being everywhere- a fact I accepted and then embraced as part of the reality of photographing LA.

Welcome to the Jungle - LA pt. 1

Here's the first installment of photos from my recent trip to LA. Title says all.



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beauty in the mundane

So, over the past few weeks I have literally been all over the place- Philadelphia, New York City, Los Angeles, at home in Boston and everywhere in between. While I was in NYC I saw the excellent William Eggleston show which is up at the Whitney right now and was reminded again why I make photographs. The quality of his prints are incredibly rich in tone and saturation, and his ability to create interesting photographs from everyday, mundane subject matter is still an inspiration even after so many years. Now I am gushing. Anyway, this mini series, an assortment of photos from the past few weeks, is an homage to Eggleston...


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cute overload...

because I couldn't resist...

Joanna

Finally, as promised, here are the pictures from my photo shoot with Joanna in her fabulous Halloween costume. Click on the photo to link to the web gallery...

Goodbye 2008

This photo sums up 2008 for me...